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Look, no hands

The notion of driverless vehicles is not totally absurd. Automated vehicles already whisk people around Paris, London and Vancouver. One snag: they run on rails over predetermined routes. Not having to contend with manually driven vehicles and pedestrians doing unpredictable things, fully automated rail systems are feasible to build.

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